WGA Evans Scholars Magazine, Summer 2017

46 The WGA Evans Scholars Magazine Despite setbacks one Alum is determined to golf at course where he caddied EVANS SCHOLARS MAILBOX Dick Conlon OSU 68 wrote in June For this Evans Scholars Alum this years annual Caddie Classic was extra special Eight years earlier I had received my invitation to play in the Caddie Classic at Hyde Park Golf and Country Club in Cincinnati I did not want to miss my first opportunity in 44 years to return to the club where I learned to caddie learned to play golf and from which I earned my Evans Scholarship For weeks I honed my game and was down to a single digit handicap and ready to take on the fairways and greens of my old stomping ground My hopes were dashed however when two weeks before the event I tore my right adductor muscle I could barely walk let alone swing a golf club I was resigned to the fact that I would never play Hyde Park again Fast forward eight years to January 2016 when I received the invitation to the 29th annual Caddie Classic which again was to be played at Hyde Park Golf and Country Club Even though this event would be but a few days before my 70th birthday I still had game and had maintained my single digit handicap As the event approached I was careful with everything I did I avoided all types of strange exertions to avoid a repeat of the injury that kept me home eight years earlier Come hell or high water I was going to play at Hyde Park On July 16 Carole my wife of 49 years and I packed the car and headed to Cincinnati from our Greenville South Carolina home I checked the weather forecast before going to bed the night before and was assured rain would hold off until the late afternoon Just to be sure I checked the radar again when I awoke on the morning of our event I was shocked to see the radar screen covered in green But it was not raining yet I pulled up to drop my clubs at the first tee still no rain just a bit overcast I checked in and received my tee assignment I met my caddies and headed to the putting green just as I remembered it from my last day as a caddie in 1964 I took my stance and the skies opened up with a deluge that showed no sign of letting up This cant be happening Everyone gathered in the clubhouse to await word on modifications to the event format Eventually the event was cut back to nine holes with tee times running late Nine holes was better than none So I teed it up and enjoyed my reunion with a lot of childhood memories As I finished the round Joe Desch Mia 84 called me aside and introduced me to Larry Drehs the head pro Joe told my story of missing the event because of injury in 2008 and then traveling from South Carolina this time only to be rained out Mr Drehs invited me to return later in the week when the rain had passed and play a full round I jumped at the chance It had been 52 years since I walked the fairways attended the flagsticks and raked the sand traps This day two days before my 70th birthday was wonderful For the past year I have been rejuvenated by the experience and the rush of memories Mark Liddy 76 is an outfitter at Cabelas in Noblesville Shane Otis 08 is a senior software developer at Fiserv in Brookfield Wisconsin Nick LaBianco 09 is an electrical engineer II at Chamberlain Group in Oak Brook Illinois Samantha Huron 16 is a registered nurse at Orlando Purdue John Hlavacek 67 wrote recently Im the treasurer of Gohanna Free Will Baptist Church where I sing in the choir and help prepare the monthly mens breakfast and have taught the teens Sunday school class in past years Happily married for 47 years and proud to have nine grandchildren Joe Klein 67 wrote in March It is the 50th year since our Wisconsin Regional Medical Center at Orlando Health in Orlando Taylor Brantley 17 is an associate underwriter at MedPro Group in Fort Wayne Troy Lenz 17 is a supply chain engineering intern at Ecolab in Beloit Wisconsin Maria Schafer 17 is a tax associate at PwC in Indianapolis Adrian Wojtowicz 17 is a design engineer at Molex in Lisle Illinois class graduated I am honored to be appointed to the UW 50th Reunion Committee I am hoping to round up all the Scholars in our class to attend the festivities Dan DeKarske 71 wrote recently I work at a food pantry two to three days per week I administer a scholarship for the Waukesha Tennis Association I play clarinet in the Waukesha Area Symphonic Band My recreational activities are deer hunting fishing camping Brothers Mike and Dick Conlon

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